Benefit Cuts Will Aid Social Mobility, Government Claims

The government has unveiled a new child poverty strategy which claims reforms to housing benefit and social housing will increase social mobility. The strategy named cuts to housing benefit and reforms to social housing as key steps towards encouraging social mobility. It said: ‘A key focus of these reforms is to remove the barrier to work that has been created by families being able to live in more expensive properties when claiming benefit than they would otherwise be able to afford.’ It also said that the government plans to outline its overall housing strategy in the summer. The document said this would include ‘how we are supporting an increase in the supply and quality of new private and social housing to help those seeking a home of their own, whether to rent or buy.’ Read more on Inside Housing.